Anthony R. O’Donnell // November 7, 2025 
(Guru Vasudeva, SVP, CTO, P&C, Nationwide. Source: Nationwide.)
Nationwide (Columbus, Ohio) is moving aggressively to define what an AI-powered insurer looks like. The company’s recent $1.5 billion technology and AI investment plan, which earmarks $100 million annually through 2028 for artificial intelligence, reflects both confidence in the technology’s transformative capacity and a determination to lead responsibly.
“This is as big as light bulbs,” says Guru Vasudeva, SVP and Chief Technology Officer for Property & Casualty, Nationwide. “We’ve been doing predictive modeling for 15 years, but this is different. Generative AI isn’t